Donovan Childers, Software Engineer and Web Developer

Smartz - Bend, Oregon

Software Engineer

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

• Create a comprehensive tournament management system using Blazor .Net for a college organization encompassing several role types. This automated manual processes, saving hundreds of hours of work every year.
• Support a .Net Framework application that manages beer and other beverage on-tap data for a regional growler filling company
• iOS and Android mobile application development using the Xamarin Platform.
• Create an ERP system for a large school curriculum provider using PHP, Laravel Framework and Vue.js.
• Create custom background services to synchronize data with 3rd-party APIs automatically.
• Create wireframe mockups for new projects with Balsamiq Cloud and Figma.
• Support in-house personnel on several custom and integrated systems.

Highlighted Technologies

• C#
• .NET / .NET Core
• PHP
• Laravel
• MS SQL
• MySQL
• RabbitMQ
• Redis
• MongoDB
• Docker

Smartz - Bend, Oregon

Web Programmer

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

• Utilized in-house Content Management System, e-commerce platform and Lucene search back-end to provide AJAX powered search functionality for site users, boosting online sales and usability of site.
• Built custom interfaces for front and back-end users.
• Extend functionality of in-house CMS by the use of the built-in API to create functionality not present in the system thus making it faster for clients to enter data.
• Integration of CMS with third-party e-commerce platform.
• Create robust client-side HTML, CSS3 and JavaScript for web-based in-store food and beer menu displays.
• Extend WordPress plugins with custom functionality without modifying core plugin code.
• Create custom PHP applications to aggregate multiple data points from in-house CMS for custom export feed.
• Integral member of team to discover and implement features into a custom in-house SEO-friendly Content Management System.

Highlighted Technologies

• C#
• .NET Framework
• PHP
• MS SQL
• Magento
• WordPress
• Lucene
• BV Commerce
• Pixelsilk CMS

Smartz - Bend, Oregon

Customer Service Specialist

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

• Provided technical support (via telephone, in-person and email) to corporate clients relating to CMS issues.
• Training on CMS to clients and end users.
• E-mail account support and troubleshooting.

T-Mobile - Portland, Oregon

Associate – Retail Sales

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

• Sales and customer service support to new clients of
 T-Mobile.
• Consistently scored above 100% in ‘Secret Shopper’ surveys and marketing tests.
• Interaction with clients to identify optimal T-Mobile products suited to client desired requirements.
• Delivered customized solutions to clients and provided ongoing customer support.